Reading Nation Waterfall: Early Literacy in Tribal Communities
60 min presentation which includes 2 rounds of conversation with the attendees plus introductions and a closing circle.
Reading Nation Waterfall is a three-year IMLS funded grant to increase access to literacy resources and libraries for children and families in tribal communities. The project has successfully built early children's literacy community book ecosystems and networks between five tribes, school, and tribal and public libraries in collaboration with Head Start Centers and the national Little Free Library organization. Browsable little free libraries have been strategically placed at each tribe’s Head Start, elementary schools, and other community spaces with a focus on accessibility, convenience, and free and new books. This session will share results, lessons learned, and barriers faced.
Presenter: Dr. Chow is the Director and Full Professor of the School of Information at San Jose State University. He holds a PhD in Instructional Design and Technology, an M.S. in Educational Psychology from Florida State University, and a B.S. in human development from San Francisco State University. He served as the Montana State Library’s LSTA 2013-2017 Five-Year Evaluator where he first became aware of a potential gap in library services for Montana’s eight tribal nations; he is known for his work in community assessment, patron needs and library services, analytics and informatics, systems design, organizational management and leadership, and information seeking behavior. He was awarded a 2017 ALA writing award for best journal article in the The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults and serves as chair of the Legislative and Advocacy committee for the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA). He is a mixed-methods researcher with particular expertise in analyzing large data sets and quantitative analysis.
Cost: Free
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/DG5bM1tKudvUWkBQA
This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925